Closure



l 1,528,294 O. M. GOTTESMAN -Man 3. 1925.

GLOSURE If'riledv Dec. 16, 1921 Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

vUNITED STTES estes n, Gewest-ran, or NEW YORK, N, Y.

GLOSURE,

Application tiled. December 16, 1921. Serial No. 522,818.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Osiris M. Go'r'rnsMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in Closures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had `therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to closures for receptacles and more particularly has reference to and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in its application to a. water bottle as a stopper therefor.

Fig. 1 illustrates in longitudinal section, parts being broken away, the upper part of a water bottle with my closure in position. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the valve portion of said closure or stopper. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal view partly in section illustrating a modified form of stopper embodying the saine principles of construction. Fig. l is a plan view looking right to left at Fig. 2 and upon which Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2-2 thereof. Fig. 5 is a view looking from left to right at Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the wall or cylinder of the closure. Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrat-ing a modification. Fig. 8 is an end view looking at the cylinder or wall of the closure shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

9 indicates the neck of the water bottle within which the cylinder or wall 10 of the closure or stopper is suitably retained in the usual well known manner. 11 indicates the key or handle of the valve which projects upwardly into the flared neck 12 of the bottle as shown. This key is preferably stamped out of sheet metal such as brass which is of course preferably nickel-plated and is provided with a series of lateral projections such as 13 which engage the thread or spira-l grooves 11i of the cylinder 10 shown to better advantage in Fig. 6, the top lat-eral projections 15 serving as a stop to prevent the key 11 from passing into the bottle through the neck thereof.

At the base of the key is provided another projection 16 for engaging the valve 17 and said valve is provided with a seating or central recess 18 for said projection 16 which after being introduced therein is retained by the lugs or flange 19 which is turned over as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, thereby rotatably securing the projection 16. This valve 17 is also provided with circumferential flanges 20-21 between which rubber or other suitable sealing ring sucli as 22 may be retained as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and which engages the lower rim of the wall or cylinder 1() thereby closing the same and preventing the passage of the water or other liquid through the neck of the bottle, from which it will be observed that as the key is turned in one direction the valve 17 is unseated by being depressed downwardly thereby allowing the contentsr of the bottle or contents to be supplied thereto, to pass freely through the neck of the bottle and also through the opening 23 in the key 11. When the key 11 is turned in the reverse direction the valve 17 rises compressing the sealing ring 22 between the cylinder 10 and valve 17 thereby hermetically sealing the neck of the bottle.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the handle 11 of the key it will be observed is elongated sufficiently to pass through the cylinder of the valve, and it will also be observed that the shoulder projections 15 project upwardly. The key is stamped in this form and is attached to the valve 17 when it is desired to introduce it through the neck of the bottle from the inside thereof, in which case the cylinder portion of the valve shown in Figs. 6 and 7 may first be secured inthe neck of the bottle, after which the key and valve being introduced therethrough by passing through a hole in the side of the bottle which is subsequently sealed, is screwed home and the shoulders 15 are then thrown down as indicated in Y dotted outline at 15 in Fig. 3, thereby preventing the valve from rotating back into the bottle.

The cylinder portion of the valve shown in Fig. 7 instead of being cut out of the metallic cylinder as shown in Fig. 6, may be stamped or pressed from sheet metal or other suitable material forming corrugated or crinkled walls as shown, and in fact various modifications may be .made in the constructionand arrangement of p arts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a closure of the class described, a valve and cylinder wall therefor, one end of said wall forming a seating for said valve, a key for opening and closing said valve and means in combination with said key and said wall for Imoving said valve axially thereof, a passage through said key for the flow of liquid through said valve.

2. In a closure of the class described, a valve and cylinder wall therefor, one end of said Wall forming a seating for said valve, a key for opening and closing said valve and means in combination with said key and said Wall for moving said Valve axially hereof, said key nterlookingly'rotatable upon said valve.

8. In a closure of the class described, a Valve and cylinder Wall therefor, one end of said Wall forming a seating for said Valve, a key for` opening and closing said valve and means in combination with said `key and said Wall Lfor moving said valve axially thereof, said key spirallyengagedv in said Wall.

l. In a closure of the cla-ss described, a valve and cylinder Wall therefor, a. key for operating said valve with relation to said Wall, said key stamped out of sheet metal, and means independently of the handle of said key for preventing the same from passing through .said Wall, said key being adapted to be passed through the Wall of said Valve before assembling.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoA affix my signature.

OSIAS M. GOTTESBIAN. 

